Font size
WorksheetsPrague Spring
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who was Soviet leader in 1968?
Lenin, Vladimir
Khrushchev, Nikita
Brezhnev, Lenoid
Stalin, Josef
What was the capital of Czechoslovakia and where the uprising originated?
Bucharest
Warsaw
Prague
Budapest
He was the ‘hardline’ Communist leader of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968.
Lenoid Brezhnev
Antonin Novotny
Alexander Dubcek
Josef Stalin
Who replaced Antonin Novotny as leader of Czechoslovakia in Jan 1968?
Eric Honnicker
Imre Nagy
Alexander Dubcek
Janos Kadar
Reasons why there was unrest in Czechoslovakia in 1968?
High unemployment + weak economy
Government repression
Censorship + No freedom of speech
Why did Brezhnev replace Novotny with Dubcek?
In the hope that this would reduce discontent.
He was close friends with Dubcek
The USA put pressure on him to make the switch
Novotny asked him to
What changes did Dubcek introduce?
Legalised political opposition parties
Relaxation of government censorship
Greater freedom of speech
Curtailing powers of the secret police
Easing of travel restrictions
In what ways did Dubcek remain ‘loyal’ to the Eastern bloc?
He would join NATO
He would not follow an independent foreign policy
The Czechs would remain in the Warsaw Pact
He would maintain the Czech alliance with the USSR
Dubcek said he wanted to introduce……
Full on democracy
Social order
Communism with a human face
Perestroika and glasnost
Why were other communist Eastern bloc leaders concerned about Dubcek’s reforms?
They represented a return to Stalinism
They were a threat to communism
They would lead to Western military intervention in Eastern bloc affairs
They would be under pressure to do the same in their country
Why was Dubcek’s invitation for Tito to visit Prague of concern to Brezhnev?
Tito was independently minded
Yugoslavia was not in the Warsaw Pact
Brezhnev was worried Tito would urge Dubcek to leave the Warsaw Pact
Tito was a fascist
How did Brezhnev respond to the Prague Spring?
Invaded with 500,000 NATO troops
Invaded with 500,000 Warsaw Pact troops
Invaded with 500,000 Russian troops
True of the Soviet invasion…
Dubcek arrested
Occurred without warning on 28 August 1968
Met with passive resistance
Violently resisted by the Czech people
What did the USA do in response to Brezhnev's actions?
Called a Summit at Camp David
Conducted massive military exercises in Austria
Nothing - They were distracted by Vietnam
What happened to Dubcek after the Prague Spring?
He was executed
He was sent to be a clerk at a woodyard
He was sent to a gulag but released in 1973
He was honoured with the Star of Lenin
What was Brezhnev’s reaction to ‘protestations’ from the Eastern bloc communists towards Dubcek’s reforms?
Organised a summit meeting of all Eastern bloc Leaders
Forced reversal of ALL Dubcek’s reforms (Moscow Protocol)
Asked Dubcek to withdraw his reforms
Ordered a preemptive invasion of Czechoslovakia
What did student Jan Palach do in response to the Soviet invasion? (January 1969)
Flew a plane to Red Square, Moscow
Walked in front of a Soviet tank
Self-immolation
Escaped to the West
What was the Brezhnev Doctrine of 1968?
A warning to Western communist parties not to criticise the USSR
Asserting the USSR’s right to intervene militarily in Eastern bloc countries
Asserting right of Eastern bloc countries leave the Warsaw Pact
A warning to the West not to intervene in the Eastern bloc
Did the Prague Spring make relations between the USA and USSR worse or better?
Worse
Better
Remained the same
How long did the Prague Spring last?
Jan - August 1968
Jan - July 1968
Jan - October 1968
Jan - December 1968
